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Amnesty International: Trial of seven Baha’i religious minority members delayed in Iran

10:06 am on Jul 14th 2009 OEA

Excerpted below is a statement from Amnesty International, released on July 14, 2009, in response to news that the trial of Iran’s seven Baha’i leaders had been delayed.

Amnesty International is continuing to call on the Iranian authorities to release the seven immediately and unconditionally, as it considers them to be prisoners of conscience, held solely on account of their beliefs or peaceful activities on behalf of the Baha’i community.

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  • About the Persecution

    Some 300,000 Baha’is live throughout Iran, making the Baha’i Faith the country’s largest minority religion. The persecution of Baha'is in Iran has been taking place since the religion began there in the mid-nineteenth century. More than 200 Baha’is were killed in Iran between 1978 and 1998, the majority by execution, and thousands more were imprisoned.More
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